Mobile classroom uses 3G for connectivity
updated 09:55 am EST, Fri February 28, 2003
showcases the power of the 3G mobile phone network by connecting 21 Macs located in a mobile classroom to the Internet via the O2 phone network's 3G mobile phone network, which in testing at Isle of Man. The next-generation phone network promises fast net services, video clips and picture messaging on mobile phones.










Excellent!
02/28, 11:40am reply
What a great thing, not to mention a great way for Apple to get the attention of school districts. Fill a bus with the Apple Store, and take it on the road. The kids will be taling about it for weeks after the bus is gone, and they will realize what a bunch of c*** their Win PCs are....
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spelling
02/28, 11:47am reply
...too bad you can't go back to school to learn how to spell.
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what?
02/28, 12:31pm reply
Do people have to complain about everything these days? If the article has nothing to complain about then you have to complain about the posters comments!
How childish :(
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what what?
02/28, 01:20pm reply
I hate people who complain about complainers.
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ACOT
02/28, 01:29pm reply
I remember an article about this many years ago - the telecomputer bus was part of the Apple Classroom Of Tomorrow (ACOT) project and used to house an Appleshare IP based network with powermacs.
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This is news?
02/28, 01:33pm reply
Hello? McFly? 3G is out, its old news, been using it with my TiBook for awhile
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not exactly.
02/28, 02:02pm reply
what you're using is most likely whats become known in the industry as 2.5G. This test project on the Isle, picked for it's isolation, is a TRUE 3G network, the likes of which are not yet online in the States, which offers pretty incedible speed. As much as I love the service I get thru my Vision handset on my laptop, it certainly wouldnt be adequate to distribute to a network like they're doing...
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snobs
02/28, 02:20pm reply
..with our BMW apple computers we can afford to be snobs after all, that is why we have apple computers...
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errr u have 3G ??
02/28, 03:42pm reply
can u explain how u got 3G ? and whos the service provider .?? if u are in the UK u might have 3G if ur a tester but if not then u aint got it cos the only service provider lauching it NOW is "3" by hutchinson telecom and if u ask me its far too expensive for even a gimmick lover !!
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